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54   Discharges, by prison time and type of principal offence. 2001 (Corrected 19.04.05)
Type of principal offence Total1, 2 1-89 days 3-5 months 6-11 months 1-2 years 3-4 years 5-6 years 7-8 years 9-10 years 11- years Unknown
All types of offences1, 2 11 666 8 911  969  524  295 31 14 3 1 2 16
                       
Crimes 7 706 5 951  910  495  284 30 14 3 1 2 16
                       
Crime against the Penal Code 7 405 5 679  895  486  279 30 14 3 1 2 16
Crime against public authorities  260  224 26 7 3 - - - - - -
Assaulting public servant  225  192 24 7 2 - - - - - -
Other 35 32 2 - 1 - - - - - -
Crime against public order and peace 32 28 3 - 1 - - - - - -
Discrimination owing to race - - - - - - - - - - -
Housebreaking and burglary 32 28 3 - 1 - - - - - -
Other - - - - - - - - - - -
Crime involving public danger 1 656 1 254  166  118 96 15 5 - - 1 1
Arson 12 10 1 - 1 - - - - - -
Unintentionally causing fire - - - - - - - - - - -
Crime of narcotics 1 020  872  102 32 12 1 - - - - 1
Serious crime of narcotics  619  369 61 86 83 14 5 - - 1 -
Other 5 3 2 - - - - - - - -
Perjury and false evidence 32 32 - - - - - - - - -
False accusation 36 33 2 1 - - - - - - -
Counterfeiting 23 21 2 - - - - - - - -
Forgery  130 89 28 7 6 - - - - - -
Sexual crime3  302  180 34 34 50 3 - - - - 1
Rape 80 50 7 7 15 1 - - - - -
Sexual intercourse by threats, cunning behaviour etc. 2 1 - - 1 - - - - - -
Sexual intercourse with unconscious person 26 15 7 3 1 - - - - - -
Attempted rape 7 3 - 4 - - - - - - -
Incest 4 1 - - 3 - - - - - -
Sexual intercourse with children under 10 years of age 19 11 1 3 3 1 - - - - -
Sexual intercourse with children under 14 years of age 70 26 6 12 24 1 - - - - 1
Sexual intercourse with children under 16 years of age 43 33 6 1 3 - - - - - -
Other sexual intercourse 7 2 2 3 - - - - - - -
Pornography 7 6 1 - - - - - - - -
Other 37 32 4 1 - - - - - - -
Crime concerning family relations 8 5 3 - - - - - - - -
Crime against personal liberty  439  353 53 20 10 - - 1 - - 2
Crime of violence against the person 1 182  975  105 52 29 5 9 2 1 1 3
Assault  318  304 12 1 1 - - - - - -
Wounding or inflicting bodily harm  728  604 74 34 13 - - - - - 3
Inflicting grievous bodily harm 11 6 2 2 1 - - - - - -
Attempted murder 30 21 2 5 2 - - - - - -
Murder 43 16 3 3 3 5 9 2 1 1 -
Manslaughter 37 15 7 6 9 - - - - - -
Other 15 9 5 1 - - - - - - -
Slander and libel - - - - - - - - - - -
Embezzlement 89 69 8 7 4 1 - - - - -
Larceny 1 916 1 381  334  148 44 2 - - - - 7
Simple and minor larceny  470  357 81 22 7 1 - - - - 2
Aggravated larceny 1 218  823  235  120 34 1 - - - - 5
Theft of motor vehicle  228  201 18 6 3 - - - - - -
Blackmail and robbery  316  193 49 46 26 2 - - - - -
Blackmail 12 9 1 1 1 - - - - - -
Robbery  142 80 27 25 10 - - - - - -
Aggravated robbery  149 94 20 19 14 2 - - - - -
Blackmail and robbery, various 13 10 1 1 1 - - - - - -
Fraud and breach of trust  458  397 35 18 6 2 - - - - -
Crime in connection with debts  115  109 5 - 1 - - - - - -
Crime inflicting damage to property 90 70 11 9 - - - - - - -
Inflicting slight damage 51 44 4 3 - - - - - - -
Inflicting serious damage 39 26 7 6 - - - - - - -
Breach of trade secrets - - - - - - - - - - -
Receiving stolen goods, subsequent assistance to the offender  321  266 31 19 3 - - - - - 2
Receiving stolen goods  272  221 28 18 3 - - - - - 2
Aggravated receiving stolen goods 29 27 1 1 - - - - - - -
Other 20 18 2 - - - - - - - -
Other crime against the Penal Code - - - - - - - - - - -
                       
Crime against the Act relating to medicinal goods etc.  152  138 8 4 2 - - - - - -
Use of narcotics 94 87 4 2 1 - - - - - -
Possession of narcotics 55 48 4 2 1 - - - - - -
Narcotics, various 3 3 - - - - - - - - -
                       
Crime against the Act relating to value added tax 5 5 - - - - - - - - -
                       
Crime against the Assessment Act 11 11 - - - - - - - - -
                       
Crime against the Duty Act 41 32 2 4 3 - - - - - -
                       
Crime against other Acts 92 86 5 1 - - - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanours 2 822 2 764 41 13 4 - - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanour against the Penal Code  105 99 4 - 2 - - - - - -
Misdemeanour inflicting damage to property - - - - - - - - - - -
Petty larceny 9 9 - - - - - - - - -
Misdemeanour against public order and peace 11 9 1 - 1 - - - - - -
Telephone harassment - - - - - - - - - - -
Other 85 81 3 - 1 - - - - - -
                       
Traffic misdemeanour 2 578 2 529 35 13 1 - - - - - -
Driving under influence of alcohol 1 918 1 875 29 13 1 - - - - - -
Other  660  654 6 - - - - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanour against the Duty Act - - - - - - - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanour against other Acts  139  136 2 - 1 - - - - - -
                       
Crimes or misdemeanours  162  142 6 9 5 - - - - - -
                       
Crime or misdemeanour against the Act relating to value added tax - - - - - - - - - - -
                       
Crime or misdemeanour against the Duty Act 63 54 1 7 1 - - - - - -
                       
Crime or misdemeanour against other Acts 99 88 5 2 4 - - - - - -
                       
Unknown offence 76 54 12 7 2 1 - - - - -
                       
1  Including 900 cases of serving sentence for not paying a fine, which can not be distributed by prison time and type of principal offence.
2  Corrected 19.04.05 due to revised edition of 2001.
3  After new chapter 19 (11th August 2000) concerning sexual crime in the Penal Code, new terms for some of these categories have been introduced.

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